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THE LITERATURE SEARCH PROJECT .

This project was conducted as part of the Bureau of Land Management's
comprehensive study of the California Desert needed in order to provide for
their general management plan. Specifically, this project has been referred
to as the "Class I—Cultural Resources Existing Data Inventory—Cultural
Resources Overview of the Calico, Kramer, Johnson/Morongo, Stoddard, and
Antelope Valley Planning Units, California" (Bureau of Land Management 1978)
(see Map 1) . This "Class I" project is a literature search designed
to do the following:

1) Compile data and generate bibliographies on the prehistory,
ethnography/ethnohistory , and history for all sectors of the
study area.

2) Provide a working "thematic" outline of the prehistory,
ethnography/ethnohistory, and history of the study area.

3) Provide a narrative history of the study area for both public
and private lands

4) Consult all reasonably available unpublished and published
literature pertinent to cultural resources in the study area
including site file data, manuscripts, maps, reports, archival
data, museum collections, bibliographies, documents, and pub-
lished literature (e.g., books, articles, monographs, etc.).

5) Consult with professional and non-professional archaeologists,
anthropologists, Native Americans, professional and amateur
historians, and other local persons knowledgeable about the
cultural resources of the planning units

6) To conduct a "brief field reconnaissance" of the study area to
familiarize the research team with important features and data
sources.

7) To generate a comprehensive overview of the cultural resources
and human use of the planning units from initial occupation to
the present and document this narrative according to the accepted
professional procedures of anthropology and history. Also, the
resultant document is to be supported with relevant tables, maps,
graphics and other materials deemed appropriate

8) In addition, a cultural resources management summary was to be
written in order to briefly summarize the conduct and results
of the program with special attention paid to recommendations
for resources management of data in terms of its protection and
proper uses.